Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0345028

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0345028

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Genetic analysis of two distinct reproductive strategies in sexual and thelytokous field populations of an endoparastic wasp. Asexual (thelytokous) females of an insect parasitoid, Venturia canescens, which develop inside another insect, exhibit evolutionarily stable mixtures of life-history strategies, allowing two genetically distinct wasp lines to coexist sympatrically on the same host resources. The two thelytokous lines differ in a virus-like particle protein-coding gene (VLP1), which raises the question whether the VLP1 gene locus is genetically associated with the phenotype. We will investigate the genetic basis for the observed phenotypic differences, by comparing the two thelytokous lines with the corresponding homozygous VLP1-genotypes in sexual strains. The outcome will provide a molecular and genetic framework to test parthenogenetic reproduction strategies in some insect species.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 2003

End Date: 12-2003

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $60,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Sociobiology And Behavioural Ecology | Population And Ecological Genetics | Genetics | Genetic Development (Incl. Sex Determination)

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Integrated (ecosystem) assessment and management | Biological sciences | Control of pests and exotic species |

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